You can impact public safety decisions in Madison with your vote in the Tuesday April 4th spring election in Madison!
Your District 9 candidates are Nino Amato and Nikki Conklin.
Our pick: Nino Amato!
Nino Amato is the best public safety choice for District 9.
Nino Amato:
Prioritizes public safety and community collaboration
Supports body-worn cameras on police officers
Will advocate for increasing the police budget when needed to support proactive, community-policing in our rapidly-growing city
Is endorsed by the Madison Professional Police Officers Association and former police Chiefs Noble Wray and David Couper
Nikki Conklin ran as a defund-the-police candidate in 2021, and her Common Council votes reflect that.
2021 election mailer
Nikki Conklin:
voted against the body camera pilot program and also against even simply receiving (just going on the record to accept the work of) the Final Report of the Body-Worn Camera Feasibility Review Committee which was tasked with studying whether body cameras could/should be adopted in Madison
voted against accepting 6 grant-funded police officers who would’ve worked in the neighborhoods directly surrounding the 4 main Madison (MMSD) high schools
voted against accepting 6 grant-funded police officers (it still passed) who will work proactively with at-risk youth to build trust and legitimacy
voted to remove Parking Enforcement Officers (PEOs) out from under the Madison Police Department and into Parking Utility which was vehemently opposed by PEOs for many reasons—many of them safety-related. And it cost you (a city taxpayer) more money. Alders in support of the move urged their colleagues to remember their commitment to “reimagining public safety”
is endorsed by the Progressive Dane PAC and will therefore serve their agenda instead of serving with a district-oriented mindset. She will be held accountable for every vote by this political action committee which has endorsed her, as evidenced by this statement on their website, among other things: “We make no apologies for expecting endorsed candidates to remain accountable to their campaign promises and to our progressive program. They are recruited to work with each other and Progressive Dane on a regular basis.”
is endorsed by Alder Keith Furman and Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway who have both been antagonistic toward the police department
If you want an Alder who will prioritize resident safety and well-being and who will focus on his district’s concerns and not answer to a political PAC,vote forNino Amato!
